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Ultrasonic based method for damage identification in composite materials

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We present an ultrasonic-based Lamb wave propagation method for identifying and measuring the damage location in a material as a basis for structural health monitoring (SHM). Lamb waves can propagate in a structure via mode conversion and reflection from the surfaces of the structure, and can lead to interference patterns as a resulting wave vector propagates along the structure. We determined the experimental and analytical effects of various parameters on the sensitivity of damage detection. A methodology is proposed for estimating and measuring the location of damage in test specimens. An experimental setup is used for generating Ao− Lamb waves by calibrating ultrasonic pulse generation for optimal values of parameters. Materials with different damage levels are tested in their undamaged and damaged conditions, and the effects of the parameters on the generated waves in test specimens are observed experimentally.

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This work was supported by the Priority Research Center Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF), funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) of the Korean government (no. 2012-0005856). The authors gratefully acknowledge this support.

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  1. Institute of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea

    B. S. Ben

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering (AUCE), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 530003, India

    B. A. Ben & Ch. Ratnam

  3. School of Mechanical Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, 702-701, South Korea

    S. H. Yang

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Ben, B.S., Ben, B.A., Ratnam, C. et al. Ultrasonic based method for damage identification in composite materials. Int J Mech Mater Des 8, 297–309 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-012-9196-4

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